Boss Zhou came back with a smile, "There are no dead people in the village, only a few people have been bitten by wolves." ”

Zhou Lao Er answered, "However, the chickens in the village are basically gone, and there are still a few houses with low fences, and after the pigs were bitten to death by wolves and eaten, the rest were taken away, and a cow died in the village, and there was not much left to eat, and everything that could be taken away was taken away, leaving only the head and bones of the cow." ”

The poultry raised in the village is basically gone.

Yang Dayong asked, "Didn't you kill the wolf?" ”

Zhou Lao Er shook his head, "No, this time the wolf came down the mountain to run to the poultry, and he didn't hit the door and the window to enter the house, and the injured ones were also bitten to save the poultry." ”

Zhulan knew that the wolf had a strong ability to cooperate, and he was particularly obedient to commands, and he was very strategic, but he really didn't expect that he had seen it in ancient times, and it was premeditated!

Yang Dayong smoked a cigarette, "The wolves listen to the words of the wolf, and the wolf is very smart, this is not a good thing, with an experience, the wolf learns quickly, and will continue to do this next time, the good news is that the poultry in Lijia Village is gone, and Lijia Village is safe." ”

Bad news, other villages will suffer.

The rest of the words were not spoken, and everyone understood in their hearts.

There was no snow in the next few days, the roads were opened, and the news could be exchanged, and these swept several villages one after another, really in order to save food, Zhoujia Village was not spared, but no matter how powerful it was, it was a beast, and the wolves also died a lot, and people also died.

After about seven days, it snowed again, and the snow was not small, and human beings seemed very small in front of nature, especially in ancient times, without any technology to anticipate and defend.

The heavy snow stopped for two days, and then it didn't fall before, Zhulan has like to tun materials, originally bought a lot of salt in winter, etc., after the last heavy snowfall, I went to buy some, the road was open, Zhulan asked Zhou Lao Er to go back to Lijia Village to see Xuemei, took ten catties of meat and a few big bones, and a chicken, three of their own hens froze to death.

The meat is Zhulan's own pig, after Zheng Yang left, Zhulan killed the two pigs in the family, did not sell any meat, and kept it all for her own food and next year's wedding banquet.

Zhou Shuren went to the county to inquire about the news, and in the afternoon, Zhou Shuren and Boss Zhou came back.

Zhulan asked, "What's the news?" ”

Zhou Shuren said: "The disaster on our side is small, and the disaster near the capital is serious, but there is already a way to relieve the disaster." ”

Zhou Shuren is most afraid of the Northeast and foreign tribes are seriously affected, the Northeast Frontier is unstable in winter, it is really serious to be affected, the foreign tribes will definitely wave troops to wage war in order to survive, and then the situation in the Northeast will be unstable, the new dynasty is not perfect, the main energy is to stabilize the domestic situation, improve the rule, there is no extra energy to completely solve the border problem, since the establishment of the dynasty has not been stable.

Zhulan said: "How to solve the disaster? Twelve years after the establishment of the dynasty, drought, floods, has been many disasters and difficulties, finally the wind and rain for a few years, and then there is a snow disaster, and now the border is unstable year after year, the annual cost of grain and grass is huge, the treasury does not have much silver, there will not be much food, how to relieve the disaster? ”

Zhou Shuren eased the cool air on his body, put his slippers on the kang and said: "I don't know who gave the strategy to distribute the food for disaster relief to each state, how much food each state produced, and then transport it to disaster relief." ”

Zhulan, "It must not be a granary for disaster relief, the state is distributed to each county, the county is distributed to each village, and each village is distributed to each household, to put it bluntly, it is still to pick food from the mouths of the people." ”

Zhou Shuren said: "The county magistrate just received an official document, saying that there has been no tax increase in the past few years, and the wind and rain have been smooth in recent years, and the farmers pay grain according to their own land, one pound of grain per acre of land, such as showing talent and lifting people, etc., enjoy tax exemption, not only to pay the grain of the land under their name, but also to pay an extra fifty catties of grain, and raise two hundred catties of grain, and the officials are all treated equally. ”

Zhulan furrowed her brows, "What about the merchants in the county and those who have no land?" ”

"I don't know, I only know this, and it is estimated that the grain paid by the merchants will not be less, and there should not be many people without land."

Zhulan furrowed her brows, "This head is not good, if you taste the sweetness, won't you do it in the future if there is a disaster?" At that time, it will be the lower classes of the people who will bear the most. ”

Zhou Shuren sighed, "This time the emperor must have been forced to have no way, although he has just collected taxes, but the annual expenditure is barely supported, which dynasty has collected grain, this dynasty is not bad, and the land tax has not been increased for many years, and this collection is not much, and the emperor will find a way in the future." ”

Zhou Shuren continued: "I have analyzed the emperor, it is rare to open the Ming monarch, the policies in recent years have been good, after this time, for the sake of taxation, the business that has been suppressed for more than ten years is estimated to be relaxed." I guess the emperor originally wanted to leave the favor to the new monarch, but unfortunately natural disasters and constant military chaos had to be advanced, and once the policy on business was relaxed, it also meant that the frontier was about to use troops to solve the frontier troubles. ”

Zhulan's brain reacted quickly, "Then the Zheng family and the Yang family have caught up with the opportunity, now they are accumulating military merits in a small range of wars, and when they really use soldiers, Wu Chun will not be small soldiers if they are under the care of the Zheng family, at least they are safer, and if they really make meritorious contributions, they will not be afraid that someone will be greedy for credit." ”

Zhou Shuren calculated the grain he had to pay, one hundred and thirty catties of grain, "Fortunately, this year's grain has not been sold, and the price of next year's grain will definitely rise." ”

Zhulan, "In recent years, food will not be cheap. ”

On the second day, Li Zheng organized a grain donation, and waited for the yamen to collect the grain after donating the grain, thanks to the smooth wind and rain, although there were not too many complaints, but the emperor's goodwill had dropped a lot.

Not all of them are righteous, and most of the people at the bottom only care about their own families.

Fortunately, there has been no heavy snowfall, and the disaster area in the capital has been solved, and then a village posted a letter of thanks written by the emperor, thanking the people for donating food to relieve the disaster, this routine is deep enough, a letter is not written by the emperor himself, but the public opinion of a letter has risen a lot, and the people at the bottom are excited, this is a thank you letter written by the emperor, thank them!

Zhulan listened to Zhou Shuren's remorse, "Our emperor, who has been opened, is really good at playing people's hearts." ”

Zhou Shuren smiled, "Which founding emperor is simple, this one is more powerful." ”

Time flies, Zhulan has a smooth winter life, there are no bad people, Wodong is the most comfortable, it may be that Zhulan and Zhou Shuren are too comfortable, and they are in trouble when they see that the New Year is approaching.